Binder attachment for baling-presses.



v 'PATBNTED SEPT. 24,1907. F. J.-KATZ. 'B'INDER'ATTAGHMENT FOR BALING PRBSSES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1905.

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BIfiDER ATTACHMENT FOR BA LING PRESSES.

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No. 856,934; .PAT'ENTED SEPT. 24,1907.

F. J. KATZ.

BINDER ATTACHMENT FOR BALING PRESSBS.

AP} LIOATION FILED snm'za, 1905.

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FREDERICK J. KAT Z, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BINDER ATTACHMENT FOR BALING-PRESSES.

,Nd. 866,934. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 24, 1907. I Application filed September 28, 1905. Serial No. 280,402.

To all whom it may concern:. v is an enlarged detail perspective view showing the Be it known that-I, Fnsnnmox ,1 .KATZ, a citizen of relative positions of the needles andtwister frame. 55 the'United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, In the drawing, similar referencecharacters desigand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and hate the same parts throughout the several views. useful lmprovements in' Binder Attachments for Bal- Referring more particularly to the drawings, the ing-Fresses, of which the following is a specification. numeral designates a baling chamber provided with This invention relates to baling presses, but more a feed opening 31 through which the material to be particularly toan improved'attachmentfor said press compresscdis inserted and 33 area series of vertically by means of which a bale 0r band. may be applied to the alined and diametrically opposite openings arranged 1O compressed material before being discharged from the in the side walls thereof, asshbwn in, Figs. 4, 6 and 9 press, and the invention has for its primary object to of the drawings. Adapted to slide within this chamber construct an improved machine of this character which is a plunger head 34, preferably hollow in construction, will be efiicient and rapid in operation. as shown in Fig. 25, and carried by the rear of the front To. this end, and the accomplishment of other new wall thereof are a pair of ears or projections 35 to which 15 and useful .objects as will appear, the invention conis loosely pivoted one end of a plunger rod. 36. Joursists in certain features of novelty in the construction, naled at the iorward end of the chamber '30 is a shaft 3 7 combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter provided with alciliiik arm 38-to which the free end fully set forth and claimed,- and shown in the accomof the plnngerrodfid is loosely connected. A gear panying drawings, illustratingan example of my inwheel 39 is secured to one end of said shaft, preferably 20 vention, in which,- 0n the outside of the chamber 30, as shown, and mesh- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press, partly in secing with said gear is a pinion 40, secured to shaft 41, tion, with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 journaled in suitable bearings 42, and said shaft may be is an enlarged detail view partly insection of the lock- Operated in any desired manner. but preferably by ing. mechanism for the operating shaft. Fig. 3 is a top m a of v pu ey Carried e y- 25 plan view with a portion of the press broken away. The gear wheel 39 is provided in its face, and prefer- Fig...4 is a vertical irregular sectionon line'44 of Fig.1, abl-ynear the periphery thereof, with a short section of Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5-5, Fig. 1 Fig. 6 radial teeth 44. A shaft 45 is journaled in' suitable is an enlarged detail section on line 6-6 of Fig. 7, showbrackets or bearings 46 and 47 adjacent the gear wheel ing in addition theretoone of the needles in its locked. 39, and '48 is a bevel pinion Earried by one end thereof.

.30 position with relation to the twister frame. Fig.7 is agflarried by the other end of the shaft 46', adjacent to detail elevation of the twister, the operating gear therethe teeth 44 on the gear 39, and in such a position as to v for and the cutting mechanism. Fig. 8 is a section on be engaged by the said teeth, is a gear pinion 49, and

line 8-8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a sectionon line 9.9 of said pinion is provided with a hub 50 having a flat- Fig. 6. Fig. 1.0 is an end elevation of the locking tened or squared portion 51 adapted to rest upon and 35 mechanism for the needles and twister frame. Fig. 11---be held by the face of the wheel 39. The teeth 44 of is a. section on line 11-11 of Fig. 10. Fig.- 12 is an the gear 39 are of a sufficient numberlto engage and enlarged detail of the operating lever for the locking 7 turn the pinion 49 only once duri ng the complete revomechanism. Fig. 13 is an end levation'of the twister lution of the'wheel 39. Cavities or recesses 52 are arframe operating mechanism. Fig. 14 is a section on ranged in the face of the wheel 39, so that the centers 40 line 14-14 of Fig..1 3. Fig. 15 is an enlarged detail thereof are in a direct line with each end tooth of the perspective of the end of one of the needlesf Fig. 16 section 44. It will be seen that when the wheel 39-is is an end elevation of the operating wheel for the conrotated, assuming the parts to be in the position as I trolling of the needle and twister frame locking device. shown in Fig. 1, the pinion 49 will be revolved and Fig. 17 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 18 is a section just as said inioii is about to complete or commence 45. on line 1818 of Fig. 3. Fig. 19 is an enlarged detail its operation one of the cavities 52 will. be in the section of the end of one of the needles showing the proper position to receive the corner of the flattened manner of mounting the spool of wirethereon. Fig. 20 portion 51 of the hub 50, thus bringing said flattened is a sectiorP on line 20-20 of Fig. 19. Fig. 21 is a'secportion against the smoothface of the wheel 39. The -tion on line 2121 oi Fig. 1. Fig. 221's a section on teeth 44, having now passed out of engagement with 50 -'line22-22 of Fig. 1.. Fig. 23 is a section on line 2323 the pinion 49, upon the completion of its revolution,

of Fig. 6. Fig. 24 is an enlarged detail of the bell will permit the portion 51 to remain in contact with crank lever for moving the twister frame. Fig. 25 is a the face of the wheel 39 to hold the shaft 45 against ro- :detail perspective of the plunger head; and Fig. 26 tation, until the teeth are about to engage the pinion again. At this time the other cavity will be in a position to permit the corner of the flattened portion 51 to pass therein, and the gear will be operated again, thus producing an intermittent rotation and locking of these parts.

Journaled in suitable bearings 53 is a shaft 54 which is constructed-in two sections and carried by one section of said shaft is a pinion gear 55 which is arranged to engage and be driven by the gear 48 carried by the shaft 45. I

The numeral 56 designates what I term a needle frame and said frame is preferably of the construction shown and is provided .vith extending bars or guide arms 57 located preferably at the top and near the bot tom thereof. Carried by said frame are a plurality of needles 58. These needles are preferably provided with a round extremity 59 and their outer ends are provided with a notched or cut away portion 60. Said needles are also each provided with an aperture or slot 61 passing through the end thereof and communicating with the notched or cut away portion (30. Journaled within the notched portion 60 and adjacent to the slot 61 and in a position to receive and guide a wire passed through the slot is an antifriction or guide pulley 62. Carried by each of the needles and at any desired point is a bracket or support (33 which retains and holds a spool or coil of wire 64, and (55 is an eye or guide through which the wire (34 which passes over the pulley 62 is guided and held. The needle frame is adapts ed to move transversely across the baling chamber at a point just beyond the feed opening 31 therein.

Brackets or guides 66 are secured to the top and bottom of the chamber 30, arranged transversely thereof, and are adapted to receive and guide the arms 57 of the needle frame in such a position that when said frame is reciprocated transversely of the chamber the needles 58 will pass through the alined openings 33 in the walls of said chamber. A projection or extension 67 is carried by the frame 56 and said projection pref erably extends below the line of the base of the chamber 30, and (i8 is a rod or bar with its end 69 loosely pivoted to the frame, preferably to-ihe projection (57 thereof, the other end thereof being connected to the crank pin 70, carried by the disk wheel 71. which is mounted on the second section of the shaft- 54, said wheel 71 being provided in its periphery with a short section of gear teeth 72, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

Mounted'in guides or ways 72%, secured to the outside of one of the walls of the chamber 30, and disposed to slide at a right angle to the path of movement of the needle frame 50. is a twister frame 74 which is provided with radially extending brackets 75 and To. and 78 are bearings formed in said brackets. A second bearing 79 is formed in the bracket 70 for a purpose to be set forth. Journaled to said frame in suiiable bcnr- I ings 80 located prefcmbly adjacent to the bearings 78,

and by suitable means such as stub shafts-81, are a plurality of double gear wheels 82 each of which is provided with the gear teeth 83 and 84. A shaft 35 is jourualed in the bearings 78 and So are a plurulil y of gears carried by said shaft which engage thc iccth Bil of the gears 82 for transmitting motion lhcrcto.

The forward end of the twist frumc 74 is provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending lingers or projections 87 each of which is provided in their cx-- tremity with a bearing'or journal 88, and 80 is a transverse open slot connnunicating'with the hearing. A twister head 90, provided with a slot 91, a shoulder 92, and a gear 93 is journalcd in the bearings 88 in such a position that the shoulder 92 and gear 93, will stand astride the projection or extensions 87, to prevent displacement of the same and with its slot 91 registering with the slot 89 in said projection or extension and also with its gear 93 meshing with the teeth 84 of the disk or gear 82. Securcd to and carried by the gear or disk 82 and projecting beyond the periphery thereofand extending beyond the base of the slot 9]., in the twister head, is a knife or cutter 94. Pullcys 95 are preferably journalcd in the walls of the chamber 30 adjacent to the edge of the openings 33 therein, and over which one strand of the wire passes, as will be set forth.

Suitable brackets 90 are carried by the twister frame 74, and 97 are spools or'coils of wire mounted therein A pinion 98 is also carried by the shaft 85, and 99 is a shaft journalcd in suitable bearings 100, and passing through the bearings 79 in the twister-frame 74. A gear wheel 101 is feathered or keyed to the shaft 99 by means of the pin or key 102 and way 103, and said gear meshes with the gear 98, carried by the shaft 85. This gear is so arf ranged as to stand between and be held from displacement by the gear 98 and the face of the bracket 76, as will be seen.

A bcll crank lcvcr 104 is pivoted at 105 to the walls of the chamber 30 and 106 is a link or rod connecting one end of the lover to the twister frame 74 as shown in Fig. 1. To the other end of the lover is connected a rod 107 which is bent as shown at 108 in Fig. 4 to permit free motion. And said rod is provided with an antifriction roller 109 which is adapted to travel in the cam groove 110 in the face of the disk or mutilated gear 71. The tccth 72 of said gear or disk 71 are adapted to engage and rotate a gear pinion 111 carried by the shaft 09 by which said shaft is rotated. Said gear 111 is pro vidcd with a flange or hub 112, (see Figs. 13 and 1-1'), which has a cut away portion 113 adapted to rcceivc u flange or projection 113, carried by the disk or gcar 71, thereby forming what is commonly known as a G0 nova lock for locking the parts togcthcr to prevent the continuous and allow only an intermittent rotation of the twister.

Mountcd in suitable brackets 114 is an axle 115 car.- rying a disk or whccl 116 and said disk is provided with a cam groove 117, and 1.18 are a plurality of pins or pro.- jections disposed around the periphery thereof and which are adapted to extend through the wall of the chambcr 30 and within tbc path of the movement of the materia compressed.

The two scctions of the shaft 54 are locked togethcr in the following manncr,-Carricd by the end of one of the Si'lllUllS is a disk or whccl 110 and 120 is a radial projcclion or pin cxtcnding from one of its faces and locutcd prcicrnbly near thcpcriphcry thereof. To thc opposite facc then-of and adjacent to tho'othcr shaft scction. and bynicuns of thc pin l2l, is pivotcd n pawl r do 122, which is provided with a nosc or tooth 1223. and said dog or pawl 122 is of such a sizc that thc cnd tlu-rcof will project for sonic distance bcyond thc pcriphcry of thc disk or whccl 11$). Pivotcd to any suitublc support, preferably the framcwork, is an arm or stirrup I21,

which is of sucha shape to allow it to readily pass the end of the dog or pawl 122'for eng a ging the extremity thereof to hold the same elevated, as will be set forth, and 125 is'a pin oiflradial projection extending from said 5 stirrup. Adjacent to the stirrup 12+ and pivoted, to a suitable support as at 126, is pivotctla lever 127, and

I 128 is a latch orhook pivoted as atL129 to the lever 127 Sal latch or hook is provided with a nose 130 having an inclined face 131 and said rroseis adapted to engage re the pin or projection 125 as will be set forth. Depending fromsaid latch or hook 128 is an arm or projection 132 which is provided with a rounded extremity 133 and said extremity stands within the path of the movement of the pin or projection 120, and is raised by said pin when the same contacts therewith Secured to the other section of the shaft, and adjacent to the disk 0! wheel 119, is a disk or hub 13?, provided with a notch 135 in its periphery forming ashoulder 136 which is adapted to be engaged by the nose or projection 12.; of the dog or pawl 122, when said pawl is releasedfrdm the stirrup 124. It will be seen that when the nose or projection 123 engages the shoulder 136 the two sections of the shaft will be locked together. 1 1

In order to prevent thesection pf the shaft 54, which controls the binding and twisting niechanismfrom turning backward I provide a notch 137 in the periphcry of the disk or wheel 119, which is adapted to be engaged by a spring-138. Connected to the free-end of the lever 127 is a rod or bar 139, bent as shown, and

30 140 is aguide or bearing in which said rod is adapted to slide. The free end of said rod is provided with an antifriction roller 141 adapted to travel in the cam groove 117 of the disk or wheel 116. v

Starting with the press empty, and assuming the sections ofthe shaft 541t' becapable ofthe'independent rotation, and with the ends of the wires 64 threaded through the slots 61 in the ends of the needles, the operation is as follows: One end of each of the wires 97 is passed through the openings 33 in the walls of the 40 chamberacross the chamber and adjacent to the wires 64 carried by the needles 57.. The'two wires are then twisted together and motionv transmitted to the pulley 43 which will set the machine in motion and causethe plunger head to reciprocate, a charge having been I 45' placed in the press through the opening 31, in advance of the plunger head and in front of the wires. As the charges are compressed they are pressed' forward by the plunger, carrying in advance of thorn the wires which have been passed through the press, said wires being paid out from .the spools as' the size of the bale increases. It is to be understood that thelsize ofthe bales may ber'egulated at will and is governed by means of the projections 118 carried by the disk or wheel 116, and which are moved by means of the compressed material coming in contact therewith. As the material isadvanced the projections will be moved, the wheel rotated, and the lever 127 'will be operated through the medium of therod and cam groove 117. The operation of this lever will cause the latch or hook I locking both sections of tlishaf-t together. The con- 128 to pull the stirrup or arm 124 out from under the tinned rotation of the shaft 54 will then rotate the disk or wheel 71, carried thereby, and said wheel through the medium of the rod 68 will cause the negdle frame 56 to travel transversely across the chamber, the needles passing through the opening 33 therein, said needles carrying with them the wires 64 to which has been twisted the end of the wire 97. At the same time, the twister frame 74, carrying the twisters 90, is brought forward through themedium of the cam groove 110, moving the rod 107, thus opcratingthc bell crank 104, which will draw said frame forward so that the ends or projections 87 thereof will enter and stand within the notches 60 in the ends of the needles 57. This operation will place two strands of wire together as shown in .Fig. 6, and as the twister frame advances these two strands will pass into the twister head 92. The section of gear teeth is so arranged -that,when the parts have assumed this position they will engage the pinion 11.1

carried by the shaft 99 which causes'the gear 101 to transmit motion to the shaft 85, the gear 101, being keyed to the shaft 99 to permit of its sliding motion when the twister frame 74 is advancddand retracted as will be understood. Rotary motion being transmitted to the shaft 85, will cause the gears 82, through the medium of the intermediate gears, .86 and 83, to

rotate the gear wheel 82, and as the peripheral teeth 8-1 thereof mesh with the gear 93 of the'twister they will rotate the latter, thus twisting the two strands of wire onboth sides of the twister, as shown in Fig. 6. Carried by the face of the gear 82 is a, cutter 94 which is so arranged as to cut the twisted wire between the'twisted portions and at a point slightly remote from the end of the needle so as not to sever the two Wires, but to leave them engaged so that upon the return movement of the needles the wires 97 will be drawn across the charm her for the next bale.

essary to connect the wires by hand for the remaining bales until all of the wire has been used and a new coil inserted. In order to prevent the continuous rotation of the twisters and to permit only an intermittent rotation thereof 1 provide a Genevalock, which consists of cooperating disks, the periphery of one of said disks being cut away to receive a portion of the periphery of the other, and said disks are arranged respectively on the shaft 9!) which operateslthe twiste'rs and the shaft 54, which drives the shaft 99. The crank pin and After the first bale has been bound and discharged it will be seen that it is not nec- (-am groo\'( 110 are so arranged in the disk wheel 71 that the twister and needle frame will be locked in position anrlheld. during the twisting of the wires.

The ("ani groove operates upo n the rod 107 a trifle in advance of the operation of the pin 70 upon the rod 68, I

so that the twister frame is drawn back out of the notch 60 in the needles just a trifle before the latter begin to move. After thc'wires have been twisted and'cut the cam-groove 117 carried by the wheel.116 is sotimed that it will operate the lever 127 through the medium of the rod or bar 139 to cause. the hook or latch 128 to draw the end of the stirrup 124 in the path of the movemcnt of the end of the dog or pawl 122, which will be engaged thereby and the projection 123 will be thus disengaged from the shoulder 136 which will cause the sections of the shaft to be'unlocked. In order to'prevent any backward movement of the section which controls the operation of the needles and twisters I provide a notch or shoulder 137 in the periphery of the disk or wheel 119, which is adapted to be engaged by the spring 138.

It is to be understood that the size of the bale is controlled by the disk or Wheel 116, the number of pins or projections carried thereby and the arrangement of the cam groove 117 therein.

I desire it understood that I do not Wish to be limited to the exact construction and arrangement of the several parts, as various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. In a baling press, the combination of a compression chamber, a binding mechanism comprising a movable needle frame and a twister frame, means for operating the frames to seat the wires in the movable twister, means for operating the twister, and means operatively related to the twister for cutting the twisted wires at a point intermediate the ends of their twisted portions.

2. In a baling press, the combination of a compression chamber, a binding mechanism comprising a movable r "edle frame and a movable twister frame, means for operlng the frames to seat the wires in the twisters, means i operating the twisters and means carried by the twister operating mechanism for cutting the twisted wires at a point intermediate to the ends of their twisted portions.

3. In a billing press, the combination of a chamber, means for compressing the material, a twister frame, .a needle frame, a rotating shaft, means for moving the frames, means for locking the twister operating mechanism ,while the frames are being moved, and means whereby the movement of the compressed material will cause said shaft to move the frames and to unlock and operate the twisters.

4. In a ballng press, the combination of a compression chamber, a binding mechanism, a shaft, connections be tween said shaft and binder for operating the latter, a pinion carried by the shaft, and a gear engaging the pinionfor driving the shaft, said gear and pinlonbeing provided with inter-engaging portions for locking said shaft to prevent a continuous rotation thereof.

In a balinx, press, the combination of a compression chamber, binding mechanism, a shaft, means for transmitting motion from the shaft to the binder, a pinion carried by the shaft, said pinion being provided with a flattened portion, a gear engaging the pinion, said flattened portion being adapted to engage the time of the gear, for locking the pinion against continuous rotation.

G. In a baling press, the combination of a compression chamber, binding mechanism, a shaft. connections between the shaft and binding mechanism, a pinion secured to the shaft, a hub carried by the pinion and being provided with a flattened portion, a gear engaging the pinion, the face of said gear being provided with recesses adapted to permit the flattened portion thereof to be brought into and out of engagement with the face of the gear.

7. In a balinr, press, the combination of a compression chamber, binding mechanism, a shaft, means for transmitting motion from the shaft to the bindr-r, means for rotating the shaft. and coilpcrating locking means carried by the shaft and its operating mechanism for locking and 1mlocking said shaft to permit only a single rotation thereof.

8. In baling press, the combination of a comp: ion chamber, binding mechanism, a shaft, means [or transmit ting motion from the shaft lo the hinder, wheel which is provided on its face with a sertlon of gear teeth and cavities adjacent each of the end teeth of said section, a pinion wheel carried by the shaft adjacent to and engaging the teeth, and being provided with a flattened portion, one of said cavities being adapted to receive the corner of the said flattened portion upon the commencement or completion of one complete revolution oi the piuionl 9. In a baling press, the combination of a compression chamber, a binder, a shaft comprising a rotating and an idle section, connections between the idle section and the binder, locking means carried by the contiguous ends of the shafts, said locking means comprising an engaging pawl and shoulder, a stirrup adapted to be engaged by the latch for raising the latter, and means for withdrawing .the stirrup from its engagement with the latch.

10. In a baling press, the combination of a compression chamber, a. binder, a shaft comprising a rotary and an idle section, connections between the binder and the idle section, locking means carried by the contiguous ends of the shafts, and comprising a pawl and a shoulder, a stirrup 'andlng within the path of the rotation of the pawl and adapted to be engaged by the pawl to release the some, and means controlled by the compressed material for releasing the stirrup from said pawl.

11. In combination with a machine of the class described, a shaft comprising a rotating and an idle section, a shoulder carried by one of the sections, a pawl carried by the other section and adapted to engage the shoulder, an

arm standing within the path of the rotating movement of the pawl, a latch engaging said arm for moving the same and means for releasing the latch.

12. In combination with a machine of the class described, a shaft comprising a rotary and an idle section, a

shoulder carried by one section and a pawi carried by the other section, a pivoted arm standing within the path of the rotary motion of the pawl, a projection carried by the arm, a latch engaging the projection for moving the arm,

a projection carried by the latch, and 0. lug carried by one of the shaft sections for engaging the projection to release the latch.

13. In combination with a machine of the class dcscribed,-a shaft comprising a rotary and an idle section, a shouldei carried by one section, a disk carried'by the ad- 'jacent end of the other section, :1 pawl pivoted to the disk and extending beyond the periphery thereof, said pawl being adapted to engage the shoulder, astirrup, a projection carried thereby, a latch. means for causing the latch to engage the projection to disengage the stirrup from the pawl, a projection carried by the arm and means carried by the disk for engaging the projection to release the latch from its engagement with the stirrup.

14. In combination with a machine of the class described, a shaft comprising a rotary and an idle section, a shoulder carried by one section, a disk carried by the other section, a pawl pivoted to one face of the disk and adapted to engage the shoulder, a pivoted stirrup standing within the path of the rotary movement of the pawl, a projection curried bfyiltlie stirrup; a lever pivoted adjacent to the stirrup, a latch pivoted to the lever, said latch being provided with a shoulder and an inclined end, means for operating: the lever to cause the latch to engage the projection for raising the stirrup, a projection carried by the latch, and a projection carried by the other face of,

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